How shocked are you, on a scale from 1-5?

How shocked are you, on a scale from 1-5?

1...I expected Garcia to win

16.9%

2

5.4%

3

11.8%

4

11.3%

5...I'm shocked Khan lost

54.7%

Total votes: 4,709

Say what you will about the quality of the 24-year-old Garcia’s opponents, but you cannot dispute his unblemished 24-0 (14 KOs) record at this point. Before Khan, Garcia's biggest win came against Erik “Terrible” Morales; but that was an over-the-hill Morales. Saturday night solidified Garcia’s status in the boxing hierarchy.

The hype leading up to Garcia’s greatest performance found his dad in the middle of things yet again. The fiery Angel Garcia proclaimed to the world at a pre-fight press conference (via Boxing Insider) that his son “is the boss” and that he would be dispatching of Khan rather easily.

The typically calm Khan, now 26-3, was furious, and fired off this seething response (via The Telegraph):

“I will knock him out and if his dad wants it afterwards ... That will shut his dad up anyway. I'm not going to do anything physical because his dad talks so much. I'm going to hurt his son. I'm going to do it in the ring. I cannot wait until after the fight, when I've knocked his son out and I'm stood here with the titles.”

Did Garcia’s father get into Khan’s head? Did the 25-year-old former champ abandon his original game plan to go for the quick knockout?

We'll never know for sure, but it sure seemed like it.

Many people (like ESPN’s Steve Bunce) were outraged that Garcia was even given the opportunity to participate in this fight, as Khan's rematch with Lamont Peterson fell through due to Peterson's failed drug test.

Everyone can now eat crow. Garcia is the winner, and is now on the fast-track to stardom in the boxing world.